DALLAS — Deep-lying playmakers are like a really great asteroid shower: They don’t come around very often, but they sure are a sight to behold when they come streaking through. Major League Soccer is ...

One of the more eye-catching aspects of Erik ten Hag’s first year at Manchester United has been his problem-solving on the go by tactically re-profiling his players. If management is like trying to ...

However, a holding/deep-lying midfielder (sometimes labeled as a "defensive midfielder" in soccer diagrams) is best defined by the multiple roles they perform for their team. All the fútbol lifers ...

Fiorentina are targeting the likes of Parma’s Adrian Bernabe and Inter Milan’s Kristjan Asllani for the deep-lying playmaker role. This according to today’s print edition of Milan-based newspaper ...

In the ambulance that delivered Christian Eriksen from Parken to the emergency department of Copenhagen’s largest hospital, he told the attendant paramedics that they could take his boots because he ...

Back in mid-February we invited requests from our subscribers for articles you might like to read on The Athletic as part of our latest Inspired By You series. Michael T. asked for a piece on the ...

The word most commonly associated with the deep-lying playmaker (or regista, if you're fancy) is 'class', and it's quite easy to see why. Deep-lying playmakers are often the background operators, akin ...